Reg.34 (1) Annual Report

Date: September 03, 2026 To, To, Department of Corporate Services, Listing Department, BSE Limited National Stock Exchange of India Limited Phiroze Jeejeebhoy Towers, Exchange Plaza, Plot No. C/1, G Block Dalal Street Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra East, Mumbai - 400001 Mumbai – 400051 Scrip Code: 543333 Scrip Symbol: CARTRADE ISIN: INE290S01011 Dear Sir/Madam, Sub: Notice of the 26th Annual General Meeting of the members of CarTrade Tech Limited (“the Company”) and Annual Report for the financial year ended March 31, 2026. This is to inform you that the 26th Annual General Meeting ("AGM") of the Company is scheduled to be held on Friday, September 25, 2026 at 11:00 A.M. (IST) through Video Conference ('VC')/ Other Audio Visual Means ('OAVM') in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 and the rules made thereunder (“Act”) and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing obligations and Disclosure requirements) Regulations, 2015 (“SEBI Listing Regulations”), as amended from time to time and read with the circulars issued in this regard, the latest being the General Circular No. 03/2025 dated September 22, 2025, issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Pursuant to Regulation 34 of SEBI Listing Regulations, we are enclosing herewith the following: 1. Annual Report of the Company for the financial year ended March 31, 2026 ("Annual Report"); and 2. Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Company. In accordance with the aforesaid circular, the Notice convening the AGM and the Annual Report are being sent through electronic mode to all the members of the Company whose e-mail addresses are registered with the Company /Registrar and Transfer Agent (“RTA”)/Depositories. In terms of Regulation 36(1)(b) of SEBI Listing Regulations, the Company has also dispatched a letter providing the weblink for accessing the Notice of the 26th Annual General Meeting and Annual Report of the Company for the financial year 2025-26 to those shareholders who have not registered their email addresses with the Company or the Registrar and Share Transfer Agent or the Depository Participants. The Notice convening the AGM along with the Annual Report is also uploaded on the Company's website at https://www.cartradetech.com/for-investors.html and on the website of Registrar and Transfer Agent of the Company i.e. MUFG lntime India Private Limited at https://in.mpms.mufg.com/ . The details such as manner of (i) registering/ updating - e-mail address/ bank account details; (ii) casting vote through e-voting; and (iii) attending the AGM through VC / OAVM have been set out in the Notice of the AGM. The Company has provided the facility to vote by electronic means (remote e-voting as well as e-voting at the AGM) on all resolutions (as set out in the AGM notice) to those members, who hold share(s) either in physical or in electronic form as on Friday, September 18, 2026 ("Cut- off date"). The remote e-voting shall commence on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 9.00 A.M. (IST) and ends on Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 5.00 P.M. (IST). The above is for your information and record. Yours faithfully For CarTrade Tech Limited Lalbahadur Pal Company Secretary and Compliance officer Mem. No. A40812 Enclosed a/a Annual Report 2025-26 Intelligence that Connects. Technology that Delivers. Intelligence Behind Everything 03-55 56-179 Corporate Overview Chairman and MD Message / 04 Statutory Reports Scan this QR code to know more about us Year at a Glance / 03 Management Discussion and Analysis / 56 Chairman and MD Message / 04 Directors’ Report / 71 Board of Directors / 08 Corporate Governance Report / 103 Leadership Team / 10 Business Responsibility & About CarTrade Tech / 12 Sustainability Reporting / 126 Evolution of Ecosystem / 14 Brand Leadership / 16 Please view the investor-related Robust Business Model / 18 180-316 information online at: www.cartradetech.com/annual- Proprietary Technology / 20 Financial Statements report.html Financial Performance / 22 Consolidated Financial Statements / 180 CarTrade Labs / 25 Standalone Financial Statements / 258 Consumer Group / 28 Remarketing Business / 40 Community and CSR / 52 OLX India / 44 317-332 People and Culture / 48 Notice Environmental Stewardship / 51 Notice / 317 Community and CSR / 52 Corporate Governance / 54 People and Culture / 48 What’s inside Corporate Overview Statutory Reports Financial Statements The digital marketplace is reshaping how consumers discover Year at a Glance products, assess their choices and ultimately transact. With Performance in Perspective more options, more information and more channels competing for attention, the journey is no longer linear. Consumers move Profits with Persistence between platforms, compare alternatives, seek validation and return to information before making a decision. In this J J J 870 crore 257 crore 244 crore environment, the strength of a marketplace is determined as Total Revenue EBITDA Profit After Tax much by the scale of its audience or inventory as the trust it 22% 70% 68% commands and its ability to turn information into clarity and y-o-y growth y-o-y growth y-o-y growth confident decisions. 33% 10% Over the years, CarTrade Tech has built and deliver the depth of intelligence accumulated EBITDA Margin Return on Equity a differentiated digital ecosystem bringing across our ecosystem. together trusted consumer brands, deep We see the opportunity for CarTrade Tech as a digital proprietary data, content and transaction marketplace company with technology at its core. The capabilities. Our platforms connect buyers, Excellence in Action more effectively we connect data, content, consumers sellers, dealers and other participants across and transactions, the more useful our platforms discovery, evaluation and transaction, creating become. VAYA will play an increasingly important 80 million+ 95%+ 1.7 million+ a marketplace that becomes more valuable as role in that evolution, helping turn the intelligence engagement and participation deepen. embedded in our ecosystem into better experiences Average Monthly Unique Organic Unique Visitors# Auction Listings At the centre of this ecosystem is VAYA, our and more informed decisions. Visitors* proprietary artificial intelligence platform. Built 500+ 150 million+ on our extensive data, content and domain knowledge, VAYA enables us to make the Physical Locations Yearly Unique Visitors intelligence within our marketplaces more (Across Automalls, abSure, and OLX India Outlets) (Across CarWale and BikeWale) accessible and relevant. It can bring together vehicle information, expert reviews, community We are building insights, pricing and rich content to help users navigate choices with greater clarity. In doing intelligent so, we are moving from simply providing information to making our marketplace marketplaces where Trust Built at Scale increasingly intelligent and useful. Our investments in technology are designed every interaction ~75 million+ ~25 million+ around this objective. Intelligent pricing, AI- 2.3 billion assisted experiences, new content formats and deepens trust, Sellers partnership-led transactions are strengthening Chats on OLX India Buyers the way users interact with our platforms sharpens insight while creating greater value for marketplace 1,244 crore Zero Debt Asset- Light participants. VAYA adds another layer to this proposition by helping us understand, organise and creates value. Strong Cash Balance Balance Sheet Business Model *We define a monthly unique visitor as an individual who has visited our websites or apps within a calendar month, based on data as measured by Google Analytics and Firebase. If an individual accesses more than one of our websites and apps within a given month, the first access to each website or app by each such individual is counted as a unique visitor. Percentage of Organic Unique Visitors = Ratio of monthly average of organic unique visitors and total monthly ave [Showing first 8,000 characters — download PDF for full document]